- Department: Theatre, Film, Television and Interactive Media
- Module co-ordinator: Dr. Bridget Foreman
- Credit value: 20 credits
- Credit level: I
- Academic year of delivery: 2023-24
- See module specification for other years: 2024-25
This module introduces you to the tools of playwriting. Teaching includes lectures and practical workshops, with script analysis and the study of scenes from a wide variety of significant and contemporary plays and writers. You are also given weekly writing tasks and have opportunities to comment, reflect and feed back on each other's work.
Occurrence | Teaching period |
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A | Semester 2 2023-24 |
This module aims:
By the end of this module, you should:
Task | Length | % of module mark |
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Essay/coursework Essay : Script |
N/A | 100 |
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Students will receive ongoing formative feedback on their scriptwriting work across the term and will also receive 1 x 20-minute tutorial to support the
development of their ideas for their summative submission.
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You will receive written feedback in line with standard University turnaround times.
Written feedback on formative assessment, oral feedback from the tutor on the first draft of the summative assessment, peer feedback throughout the module.
The weekly playscript reading will be set by the module convenor each year. In the past these have included plays by: Caryl Churchill, Lynne Nottage,
Anton Chekhov, William Shakespeare, Annie Baker, Terence Rattigan, Dawn King, Jez Butterworth.